Carlos Montero Castiñeira (born 9 October 1972) is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer, film director and television producer. Featuring an extensive background as writer of teen drama television series, he is the creator of Física o Química and Elite.
Biography Carlos Montero was born on 9 October 1972 in Celanova, Province of Ourense, Montero earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).
Career Starting at 25 years old, he wrote the screenplay of hundreds of episodes of the teen drama series Al salir de clase from 1997 to 1999. He was the creator of another popular teen drama series, Física o Química (2008–2011). He co-wrote together with Jaime Vaca the screenplay of the Daniel Calparsoro's film Combustión, released in 2013.
He also worked in other television series such as El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between), Apaches, and El comisario.
Working for Netflix, he created the teen drama series Élite together with Darío Madrona and created the Netflix series El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind), an adaptation of his own novel, winner of the 2016 Premio Primavera de Novela. He partnered again with Madrona to write the screenplay of the 2019 film Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust), adapting the novel by Laura Norton. He co-created together with Agustín Martínez the Netflix fantasy thriller series Feria, which began filming in 2021.
In 2024, he was showrunner, co-writer and executive producer on the hospital-set drama Breathless for Netflix.
Filmography Movies Year Movie Director Notes1993En casa de DiegoFilm Director1995DavidFilm Director2003La vida aquíJesús FontScreenwriter2010Dinero fácilFilm DirectorScreenwriterFilm Producer2011DieciséisFilm Director2013CombustionDaniel CalparsoroScreenwriter2013Boys on Film 9: Youth in troubleFilm Director2016Don't Blame the Karma for Being an IdiotMaría RipollScreenwriter2019In Family I TrustPatricia Font Screenwriter
Television Year Title Channel Notes1997–1998Al salir de claseTelecinco2000–2004El comisarioScreenwriter2005Maneras de sobrevivirLa 1CreatorOriginal Idea2006–2007Génesis: en la mente del asesinoCuatroCreatorOriginal Idea2008–2011Física o QuímicaAntena 3CreatorScreenwriter2013The Time in BetweenScreenwriter2013–2014Vive cantandoScreenwriter2014Cuéntame un cuentoScreenwriter2017ApachesNetflixScreenwriter2018–2024EliteCreatorProducer2020The Mess You Leave BehindCreator2021Élite: historias brevesCreatorScreenwriter2021FeriaCreatorScreenwriterProducer2023In Love All Over AgainCreatorScreenwriterProducer2024–presentBreathlessCreatorScreenwriter
Novels 2012: Los tatuajes no se borran con láser 2016: The Mess You Leave Behind ( 2016)
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